Dames (1934)


Dames
Release Date16 August 1934
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsWarner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Romance, Musical Comedy, Showbiz Comedy
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesSuccess is the Best Revenge
TonesLight, Merry, Stylized
TagsBackstage, Boyfriend, Chorus Girl, Love, Millionaire, Morals, Musical [play], Producer [showbiz], Romance

Dames is a 1934 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers created by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, ZaSu Pitts, and Hugh Herbert. Production numbers and songs include "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)", "The Girl at the Ironing Board", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Dames" and "Try to See It My Way".


Cast and Crew


Cast

Mabel Anderson

James 'Jimmy' Higgens

Barbara Hemingway, aka Joan Grey

Matilda Ounce Hemingway

Horace Peter Hemingway

Ezra Ounce

Arthur Vinton
Bulger, Ounce's Bodyguard

Johnny Harris, Songwriter

Train Conductor

Billings, Ounce's Secretary

Laura, Matilda's Maid

Harold Ellsworthy Todd

Chorus girl

De Don Blunier
Chorus Girl

Diane Borget
Chorus girl

Chorus girl

Eddy Chandler
Guard

Chorus Girl

Frank Darien
First Druggist

Mildred Dixon
Chorus Girl

Lester Dorr
Elevator Starter

Diane Douglas
Chorus Girl

Chorus girl

Ruth Eddings
Chorus Girl

Mary Egan
Chorus Girl

Buttercup Balmer, Songwriter

Gloria Faythe
Chorus Girl

Dick French
Man on Ferry

Sam Godfrey
Ounce's First Receptionist

Henchman in audience

Chorus Girl

Patricia Harper
Chorus Girl

Harry Holman
Third Druggist

Harry, the Stage Manager

Man on Train

Milton Kibbee
Reporter

Mary Lange
Chorus girl

Ethelreda Leopold
Chorus Girl

Chorus girl

Nancy Lyon
Chorus girl

Branche Macdonald
Chorus girl

Larry McGrath
Sergeant at Jail

Chorus girl

Ruth Moody
Chorus girl

Edmund Mortimer
Ounce's Second Receptionist

Chorus Girl

Henry Roquemore
Board Member in Show

Cliff Saum
Stagehand

Newspaper Seller

Lew Sherwood
Vocal Refrain

Eddie Shubert
Eddie, Soda Jerk

Phil Tead
Reporter

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Porter

Victoria Vinton
Chorus girl

Leo White
Violin Player on Ferry

Charles Williams
Dance Director

Jack Wise
Second Druggist

Board Member in Show

Director

Ray Enright
-

Writer

Robert Lord

Producer

executive producer

Original Music

Heinz Roemheld
-

Cinematographer

Sol Polito
-

Editor

Harold McLernon
-

Art Director

Robert M. Haas
-

Willy Pogany
-

Costume Designer

Orry-Kelly

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sherry Shourds
assistant director

Art Department

Gene Delaney
props

Howard Oggle
props

Sound Department

Stanley Jones
sound recording engineer

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Burnett
chief electrician

L. De Angelis
assistant camera

John Ellis
still photographer

Frank Flanagan
chief electrician

Al Green
camera operator

Jack Koffman
assistant camera

Warren Lynch
camera operator

Dudie Maschmeyer
chief grip

Harold Noyes
chief grip

George Satterfield
chief electrician

Music Department

conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra

Ray Heindorf
music arranger

Other Crew

numbers created and directed by

Lewis Geib
technical director

Robert Lord
supervisor

Production Company

Vitaphone Corporation, The
-

Warner Bros. Pictures
-

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Chapel Distribution

Vitaphone Corporation, The
-

Warner Home Video

Miscellaneous

1934 Wampus Baby Stars
back-up for Joan Blondell in "The Girl at the Ironing Board" number

Vitaphone Orchestra
orchestra






Navigation Boxes
Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director
42nd Street (1933)
Babes in Arms (1939)
Bright Lights (1935)
Dames
Flying High (1931)
Girl Crazy (1943)
Girl Crazy (1932)
In Caliente (1935)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Night World (1932)
Palmy Days (1931)
Varsity Show (1937)
Whoopee! (1930)
Wonder Bar (1934)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)